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RE: Dodgy White Square
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Originally posted by Markus
monster.rat was right btw...:
no, not entirely....

There are three causes for the 'problem':

Cause 1 (as Joa said):
You have "Active Desktop" enabled

Fix:
Disable "Active Desktop":
* Uncheck "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" in Control Panel > System Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings


Cause 2 (as Joa said):
You're using a PNG with a transparancy channel as a background or an animated GIF file.

Fix:
Make sure the background image doesn't have any transparancy channel or isn't an animated GIF. Note that a PNG without any transparant pixels can still have a transparancy channel though and that a GIF file can appear static, but still contain an animation. Use decent graphic programs to check these things.


Cause 3 (as monster.rat said):
You have enabled "Lock Web Items on Desktop" feature

Fix:
Disable "Lock Web Items on Desktop":
* Right click on your desktop and choose "Arrange Icons", there uncheck "Lock Web Items on Desktop"


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Joa posted the correct link with all the info about it:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117
(edit: updated link) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305117/

This post was edited on 06-13-2008 at 03:27 AM by CookieRevised.
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Dodgy White Square - by Jhrono on 03-15-2005 at 04:18 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Joa on 03-15-2005 at 04:37 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Jhrono on 03-15-2005 at 04:39 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by mwe99 on 03-15-2005 at 04:43 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Joa on 03-15-2005 at 04:45 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Zephyr on 03-15-2005 at 04:46 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Jhrono on 03-15-2005 at 07:50 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Joa on 03-15-2005 at 08:13 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by tomfletcherman on 03-15-2005 at 08:29 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Jhrono on 03-15-2005 at 08:29 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by user13774 on 03-15-2005 at 09:05 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by Jhrono on 03-15-2005 at 09:41 PM
RE: Dodgy White Square - by CookieRevised on 03-16-2005 at 01:03 AM


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